Limited throughput on network devices is a common problem. We handle a lot of cases with thtroughput issues and have written a guide on how we recommend to start troubleshooting in such cases.
FortiGate throughput troubleshooting
FortiGuard Servers are not reachable
Update – 30. Oktober 2023: We received feedback from our partners that the issue probably occurred again today. Fortinet confirmed the issue, here is their response: Few cases have been reported to us with this issue during the weekend, this seems to be issue with Fortiguard anycast when Daylight Saving…
FortiOS 7.4.1 is Released
Last Friday the first patch for FortiOS 7.4 has been released. As always with a brand new minor or major FortiOS version a lot of issues have been resolved and a lot of new features have been introduced. No Security Fabric root for FG60E/F anymore Interestingly, however, we found an…
CVE-2023-27997 – FortiOS & FortiProxy – Heap buffer overflow in sslvpn pre-authentication
Please note the vulnerabilities in Fortinet products published in June. In particular, we would like to mention the vulnerability in FortiOS, which affects SSLVPN access and poses a major threat with a CVSSv3 score of 9.2. Fortinet PSIRT: https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-097CVE: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-27997 Affected are FortiOS versions 6.0 to 7.2. Fortinet has already…
New Fortinet NSE Certification Program
During Accelerate 2023, Fortinet has introduced the new Fortinet NSE Certification Program which will come into effect on October 1st 2023. Let’s summarize what will change and what is important to know:
New Fortinet Vulnerabilities (March 2023)
Most of you have already read about the latest release of Fortinet’s new PSIRT advisories. There are 15 new vulnerabilities for FortiOS and other products with severity level from low up to critical. We strongly recommend that you checkt the PSIRT advisories and update your Fortinet products to one of…
How to upgrade a FortiClient EMS free-, trial- or evaluation-license
FortiClient EMS is a central endpoint management solution from Fortinet. There are three possible license types and it is not always possible to change the license state between different license types. This article will bring light into the dark of FortiClient EMS license upgrading. Free trial license A free trial…
New FortiGate Vulnerability – CVE-2022-42475
Today Fortinet has published a new critical vulnerability in their FortiGate products. A successful attack allows arbitrary code or commands to be executed. The problem exist in the SSLVPN module – and you might be vulnerable if you are using SSLVPN and not running the latest patch release of the…
FortiCloud: Check your email or token application for the security code
The single-sign-on accounts for Fortinet websites are used for sites such as support.fortinet.com and forticloud.com. There are a whole lot of other Fortinet sites that use the same login. All accounts are required to change their passwords on a regular basis. If you do not change your Fortinet account password,…
Top 10 FortiGate mistakes we see in our daily support life
According to this title you are expecting some click-bait content, right? Nope. We’re still the Boll Engineering Tech team here… The configuration inputs below are problems we face frequently in our daily support life. Also some of the points mentioned below are frequently asked questions that pop up during our…
